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Calling L&D professionals who work in organisations with Sales Teams. We are seeking L&D pros who are willing to share their experience in working with Sales teams, either in their current company or past experience. We are researching this relations

As Spandau Ballet once sang “Communication let me down” and often in organisations this key aspect of engagement is often the case.

In the past few weeks I have focused on working in the communication/engagement rather than learning space which has be

Working from home; business as unusual

If you are unfortunate enough to have to deal with COVID-19 first-hand then my thoughts are with you. For the rest of us, social distancing is paramount – which has resulted in many people working from home for

As have many this week I have been working home for the majority of the week and in this strange and slightly terrifying world we now find ourselves in this looks like it will be the norm for the foreseeable future. I have always thought of myself as

A couple of events recently have got me thinking on Excellence – what is it and how do we recognise it

As a starting point John W Gardners states that “Excellence is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well”

This was really brought home to me during

Employee engagement is a huge challenge for organisations, as it has been for several years now. It is such a big challenge that seven in 10 (71%) of participants in a survey called Benefits Research 2019 (https://www.employeebenefits.co.uk/benefits-

So what are you doing with the extra day that you’ve been gifted this month? All of us have an extra day this February – Saturday 29^th– because of course, 2020, is a leap year.

You could let those additional 24 hours pass without giving them much t

What is Digital Learning Day?

Digital Learning Day is all about celebrating the use of digital technology within Learning and Development (L&D) and education.

Technology never stands still; it pushes boundaries and influences the world with each new

Online Safety
 
Inititally, the internet was invented for military purposes but became publically available in 1991. Now it has become an integral part of 21st Century life. The internet has made everyday activities such as shopping, banking, paying

The Learning & Performance Institute (LPI) has joined forces with Developing People Globally (DPG) to help organisations realise the full potential of their people skills and digital competencies.

The partnership agreement enables DPG to market and d

Everybody in learning is talking about the need to build a learning culture. A fair few business leaders and CEOs are talking about it too, which is great, because building a learning culture is not purely an L&D thing. A learning culture has to invo

So you’ve decided to study for a professional qualification, one which will enable you to develop your knowledge and skills, give you more confidence in yourself, and help you achieve your career goals – maybe even lead to a pay rise or a new job. Fa

The Unit 2 Assessment of the HRD Level 5 course amongst many things requires us to look at the vertical and horizontal alignment of the Learning and Development (or HRD) function.

I've found using the DPG community an article written by Gratton and Tr

Last week I attended my ICF North West Coaching event which included a session by Zoe Cohen (Twitter @ZoeatShine) who has undertaken some interesting research into the culture of shame.

This was an area that is completely new to me and it is fair to s

Recently I have found myself discussing topics with groups around issues related to Resilience, Building Relationships and Building Teams – all of which have set me thinking about the large part Mental Health or as Brian Hall from BHSF puts it Mental

Health and safety officers carry great responsibility.  Their role tasks them with looking after the welfare of fellow employees and ensuring that the company’s working environment is up to standard. They are also expected to address any safety and h